A Recipe for Absolute Power

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A Recipe for Absolute Power

A Recipe for Absolute Power

 

 

He greedily fingers through

the tattered black book of Portions

looking for that recipe.

 

Reading aloud carefully

of all the needed ingredients,

he follows every word written.

 

Placing the large black cauldron

upon the red hot bed

of glowing embers,

he pours in the sweat

of thousands of dying young soldiers,

mixing in the millions

of tears of misery of their Mothers,

then slowly stirs in the blood

of hundreds of thousands

of innocent citizens left to die

in bombed out buildings.

 

He lets it simmer for a while,

before adding in three heaping

tablespoons of deep-seated hatred,

he then adds three jiggers

of unrelenting fear to thicken the broth,

sprinkling in countless lies

to add some spice, and,

a pinch of anger, with a dash of meanness

to add much needed flavor;

slowly bringing it to a boil,

until the brew starts to boil over.

 

Closing his eyes tight,
he drinks until drunk, as a sinister
smile spreads across his face.                         

 

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Charlie23 commented on A Recipe for Absolute Power

02-06-2010

I love the concoction you've blended together for the reader with this one! Power is in the eye of the beholder... I like this one!

knight4696 commented on A Recipe for Absolute Power

02-06-2010

Wow! Charles - this one goes straight to my faves! Very Dark! A heaping helping you've served here of Satan's Stew! A creative and unique write indeed! Awesome Job! :) Ken

Poetry is what is lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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